Part I: Prologue to American exile --
Brecht and America --
the new Atlantis --
New York, 1935 --
"Changing countries more often than shoes" --
Culture shock --
Part II: Brecht and Hollywood --
"Spell your name" --
Playing "roulette" with film stories --
A qualified winner --
the film Hangmen also die --
More Hollywood roulette --
Film-writing till the end --
Part III: The difficult Brecht --
Obdurate genius --
Part IV: Brecht and the American theater --
Building up to Broadway --
Hope, frustration, and Schweyk in the second world war --
Broadway and The Caucasian chalk circle --
Off-Broadway, 1945: The private life of the master race --
Broadway and bust, 1946: The Duchess of Malfi --
"Organizing his fame" --
miscellaneous dramatic activities --
Charles Laughton and Galileo --
acting as a mode of translating --
More Galileos --
Galileo at last! --
Part V: Brecht and feelings --
Tough tenderness --
Brecht and Peter Lorre --
Ferdinand Reyher--
Brecht's women --
Part VI: The charismatic Brecht --
Collaboration with Brecht --
Young American disciples --
Part VII: Brecht and the Germans --
"Where I am in Germany" --
the refugee ghetto --
Brecht, Thomas Mann, and Germany --
Part VIII: The ideological Brecht --
Anti-facist political activities --
Anti-facist writings --
Brecht and the American left --
Part IX: The last act in America --
The promise of Europe --
Brecht before "Huac" --
Part X: Epilogue --
America before and after.

"Part I: Prologue to American exile -- Brecht and America -- the new Atlantis -- New York, 1935 -- "Changing countries more often than shoes" -- Culture shock -- Part II: Brecht and Hollywood -- "Spell your name" -- Playing "roulette" with film stories -- A qualified winner -- the film Hangmen also die -- More Hollywood roulette -- Film-writing till the end -- Part III: The difficult Brecht -- Obdurate genius -- Part IV: Brecht and the American theater -- Building up to Broadway -- Hope, frustration, and Schweyk in the second world war -- Broadway and The Caucasian chalk circle -- Off-Broadway, 1945: The private life of the master race -- Broadway and bust, 1946: The Duchess of Malfi -- "Organizing his fame" -- miscellaneous dramatic activities -- Charles Laughton and Galileo -- acting as a mode of translating -- More Galileos -- Galileo at last! -- Part V: Brecht and feelings -- Tough tenderness -- Brecht and Peter Lorre -- Ferdinand Reyher-- Brecht's women -- Part VI: The charismatic Brecht -- Collaboration with Brecht -- Young American disciples -- Part VII: Brecht and the Germans -- "Where I am in Germany" -- the refugee ghetto -- Brecht, Thomas Mann, and Germany -- Part VIII: The ideological Brecht -- Anti-facist political activities -- Anti-facist writings -- Brecht and the American left -- Part IX: The last act in America -- The promise of Europe -- Brecht before "Huac" -- Part X: Epilogue -- America before and after."@en